Washington navel fruit drop: Effects of 2,4-D on drop of sound and unsound oranges when sprays were applied in the late fall and winter

Erickson, L

Washington navel fruit drop: Effects of 2,4-D on drop of sound and unsound oranges when sprays were applied in the late fall and winter

Author

Louis C. Erickson

Author Affiliations

Louis C. Erickson is Assistant Plant Physiologist, University of California College of Agriculture, Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 6(11):7-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v006n11p7. November 1952.

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Abstract

Sound Washington Navel orange fruit was the only type in which drop was consistently reduced by a highly significant amount—1 % level of probability—in studies in orchards near Pomona and Redlands.

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